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Volume 20 • Number 11 • November 2019 • ISSN 1527-3342

Microwave Magazine and MTT Society Officers

EditorRobert H. Caverly, Villanova University, microwave.editor@ieee.orgAssistant EditorSharri Shaw, JWM Consulting LLC, microedt@outlook.comAssociate EditorsNuño Borges Carvalho, University of Aveiro, Portugal, nbcarvalho@ua.ptSimone Bastioli, RS Microwave, New Jersey, United States sbastioli@rsmicro.comAli Darwish, American University in Cairo, Egypt, ali@darwish.orgChristian Fager, University of Chalmers, Sweden, christian.fager@chalmers.seMohammad S. Hashmi, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi, India, mshashmi@iiitd.ac.inJianguo Ma, Guangdong University of Technology, China, mjg@gdut.edu.cnAlfy Riddle, Quanergy Systems, Inc., Sunnyvale,California, alfred.riddle@quanergy.comLuca Roselli, University of Perugia, Italy, urlofi@tin.it; luca.roselli@unipg.itKamal Samanta, Sony Europe, United Kingdom, kmlsamanta@googlemail.comAlmudena Suarez, University of Cantabria, Spain, almudena.suarez@unican.esAnding Zhu, University College Dublin, Ireland, anding.zhu@ucd.ieColumns and DepartmentsMicroBusinessFred Schindler, m.schindler@ieee.orgHealth MattersJames C. Lin, University of Illinois-Chicago, lin@uic.eduMicrowave SurfingRajeev Bansal, University of Connecticut, rajeev@engr.uconn.eduBook ReviewsJames Chu, RF Engineering Consultant, james.cc.chu@ieee.orgEducation CornerRamesh Gupta, Ligado Networks, Reston, Virginia, ramesh.gupta@ieee.orgWomen in Microwaves Wenquan Che, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, yeeren_che@163.com Membership NewsBela Szendrenyi, Advantest, bela.szendrenyi@advantest.comNew ProductsKen Mays, KMays Technical Services,microwave.newproducts@ieee.orgIn Memoriam ContributionsJerry Hausner, j.hausner@ieee.orgOmbuds OfficerEdward C. Niehenke, Niehenke Consulting, e.niehenke@ieee.org

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Energy TunnelingA Way to Achieve Highly Sensitive Material Detection With Sub-Wavelength Resolution Rashad Ramzan, Omar Siddiqui, Muhammad Omar, and Omar M. Ramahi

Organically Packaged Components and ModulesRecent Advancements for Microwave and mm-Wave ApplicationsAsad Ali Nawaz, Wasif Tanveer Khan, and Ahmet Cagri Ulusoy

Planar Spoof SPP Transmission LinesApplications in Microwave CircuitsHao Chi Zhang, Pei Hang He, Wen Xuan Tang, Yu Luo, and Tie Jun Cui

Plans for PlanarPhase-Noise Reduction Techniques in Voltage-Controlled OscillatorsS.M. Kayser Azam, Muhammad I. Ibrahimy, S.M.A. Motakabber, and A.K.M. Zakir Hossain

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OfficersPresident: Dominique Schreurs President-Elect: Alaa AbunjailehSecretary: Sherry HessTreasurer: Gregory Lyons

Elected MembersAlaa Abunjaileh Gregory LyonsScott Barker Mohammad MadihianNuno Borges Carvalho Julio NavarroMaurizio Bozzi Daniel PasquetGoutam Chattopadhyay Ajay PoddarWenquan Che Sanjay RamanKamran Ghorbani Jose E. Rayas-SanchezRamesh Gupta Steven ReisingRashaunda Henderson Atsushi SanadaAmarpal Khanna Anding ZhuDietmar Kissinger

Ex Officio Members (with vote)Immediate Past Presidents: Dylan Williams (2017) Ke Wu (2016) Tim Lee (2015)Honorary Life Members: John T. Barr IV Tatsuo Itoh Richard Sparks Peter StaeckerIEEE Trans. Microwave Theory & Techniques Coeditors: José Carlos Pedro Luca Perregrini IEEE Microwave & WirelessComponents Letters Editor: Thomas ZwickIEEE Microwave Magazine Editor: Robert H. Caverly IEEE Trans. Terahertz Science & Technology Editor: Imran MehdiIEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, RF, and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology Editor: J.-C. ChiaoIEEE Journal on Multiscale and Multiphysics Computational Techniques Editor: Costas Sarris

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6 From the Editor’s Desk■ Robert H. Caverly

Welcome to the November Issue

8 President’s Column ■ Dominique Schreurs

Update on Member Benefits

11 Awards ■ John T. Barr

Józef Modelski: MTT-S Honorary Life Member

15 MicroBusiness ■ Fred Schindler

A Positive Use of “No”

16 Microwave Surfing ■ Rajeev Bansal

What If?

18 Health Matters ■ James C. Lin

The Significance of Primary Tumors in the NTP Study of Chronic Rat Exposure to Cell Phone Radiation

22 Application Notes ■ Grigory M. Aristarkhov, Andrei Grebennikov, and Nikita V. Zvezdinov

High-Selectivity Microstrip Filters Based on Structures With a Limited Number of Hairpin Resonators

110 MTT-S Society News ■ Thomas Zwick IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters:

New Four-Page Article Length

111 Conference Report ■ Hubregt J. Visser, Paul D. Mitcheson,

Lingxin Lan, and Juan Arteaga Saenz IEEE Wireless Power Week 2019

114 MTT-S Ombuds Officer ■ Edward C. Niehenke

116 New Products ■ Ken Mays

119 Conference Calendar